Hi. I would like to generate and code multiple variables with similar
names (beginning with limitdur*) based on multiple variables with similar
names. The laborious way to do it is:
generate limitdur1=0
replace limitdur1=lhcaly1 if ladura1 == .
replace limitdur1=ladura1 if lhcaly1 == .
generate limitdur2=0
replace limitdur2=lhcaly2 if ladura2 == .
replace limitdur2=ladura2 if lhcaly2 == .
generate limitdur3=0
replace limitdur3=lhcaly3 if ladura3 == .
replace limitdur3=ladura3 if lhcaly3 == .
and so on...
Is there an easier way to do this?
Thank you in advance!
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